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and for both parties, the primary in louisiana. we're all looking forward to louisiana. it is an actual primary. that means a lot of people voting. i look at steve kornacki. >> this is a new experience for us, there election season. this is the first time we've had results coming in with no exit polls. the poll are closing in louisiana. we'll do this the old-fashioned way. we'll see where the votes are coming in from. we'll match them up against our expectations. what are they? this was the poll. the last poll before they voted in louisiana. you see trump had a double digit lead. the next couple hours will be pretty drama. they'll tell us a lot about the story that come out of tonight. we know already, this has been a good night for ted cruz. but will this be a great night for ted cruz? if ted cruz can pull the upset. if he can overperform in louisiana, as we've seen him overperform in kansas and in maine. this could be a great night for him. also, if donald trump can't win here, if he ends up losing three states. and if he loses three states, that's trouble for him. the

this is in louisiana. chris? >> wolf, thank you. louisiana is a different state. there are lots of big swings of change within it. so you'll have to watch the numbers and percentages as they come out. now, let's look at a constructive argument that works on the gop, maybe also on the democratic side, which is your party has changed. your party is dissatisfied. you've been saying the same thing for a long time and you haven't been getting it done. we hear that all the time on the gop side. on the left, they have been starved, all about it, my ears were ringing with it growing up. now we're hearing it from bernie sanders. how real of a threat is that to hillary clinton? >> it's like a tennis match. you change the momentum if you break serve. bernie sanders held serve. he won two states that are 90% white, nebraska and kansas. tad devine predicted that they would do well there because what is left of the democratic party, as they become more republican, are more liberal. he needs to show that he can expand beyond that. ted cruz did a little bit of that. he showed tha

in march flooding in north louisiana in south louisiana was devastating. it was terrific. our people need help and the stafford act and provided and yeah gerson changes we need to make but one of the most important changes, link to require fema to involve our state initiatives, our local issues and are great players and taxpayers when they are making these decisions about where you can build and where you can't build and how high you have to elevate your home and whether you should have to elevate your home at all. that's the biggest thing lacking in the statue. you have bureaucrats from afar in washington d.c. and you have to get a permission slip from them to do anything. >> moderator: thank you. ms. fayard? >> we need to reform the stafford act or in hurricane katrina i was working for the federal court at that time in my judge actually got assigned all the results of the litigation. although extensively with fema particularly was called the time the hotel motel prior -- program. fema was trying to push people out of their houses right around thanksgiving and christmas.

in 1795, a louisiana planter successfully granulated sugar in louisiana. it's a strange climate zone. nobody had been able to take at the full way before that. in 1795, with the health of someone from that help of someone from haiti who had come -- with the help of someone from haiti, he was able to granulate the crop. right around the same time that the first sugar crop was being granulated, indigo was not a viable crop anymore. so, this plantation transitioned at some point after that. by about 1805, it was a sugar plantation, and it still is today. sugar is a gigantic industry in louisiana. all around us are historic cane fields that are now sent to the dixie cane fields and sugar refineries. three successive generations ran the plantation, always with the labor of enslaved africans and african descendents. over the course of 100 plus years that they owned this land, there were many generations of people enslaved here, so the population would have shifted over time with market forces. the highest number we ever had recorded at one single time as enslave

it was a huge deal for louisiana tech. it was a huge deal for louisiana. there were interviews over the press how this wide receiver was coming to louisiana tech and it have a coup for the school's program. a couple of months later, a few weeks ago the same young man, jonathan jones uncommitted. he decommitted from louisiana tech. he put out a statement that sent a little shiver down the spine in louisiana, even down the spine of people who are not college football fans. i hear there are a couple. explaining why he was decommitting. he said i'm grateful for the blessing and the community to receive an offer from louisiana tech university. in light of recent political events, i must with a heavy heart rescind my verbal commitment to the louisiana tech bulldogs. when he cited recent events in taking back his statement, what he meant by recent political events was this guy. bobby jindal. he was the governor of louisiana for the past eight years. when he came in as governor in the first place, the state had big budget surpluses. by the end of his first year in

of louisiana. it would be no deal for me to start off immediately. >> moderator: thank you. mr. boustany. >> boustany: in the most political environment we have seen in many years in washington i've been able to get results and work with others on the other side of the aisle in the house and senate and i was able to stand up for things to get things done even when we were obstructed. what you need is somebody that is smart and works hard and understands the issues to get results in the second it's also about the relationships. one thing that matters most is getting results. i have a proven track record. the best way to solve the problem is to get me to the senate and keep electing me. it's no longer d that seniority commits about the government bureaucracy. the liberal constitutional lawyer said congress is so weak and atrophy today it's given up all of its power to the executive branch so the decisions in all o and all of te being made in the executive branch. i even fought against his good friend

but let's talk specific louisiana. we are on the campus of louisiana tech university. one of the bright spots not only in louisiana but i believe in our country. look at what is being done with cybersecurity in engineering and cross training right here. that's what we need to do more of. we can promote innovation can bring in outside investments along with internal investment in louisiana. secondly, the energy industry is very innovative. we need to continue to build on it and stop the war on energy. stop it. finally, we need to export more. i want chinese mother the shirts off the shelf the sake made in america and in louisiana. we need trade agreements that open up markets for u.s. producers and manufacturers. that's going to be key to getting growth and creating louisiana jobs. >> well look, as a trusted conservative here tonight was great 500 jobs an, i have to tel you before noticeable. number one we need to repeal obamacare but it's the biggest job killer we have today. number two we need to repeal dodd-frank which is killing a kindred to thank everybody in this

recently been to louisiana our commitment to making sure the people of louisiana recover quickly. let me just thank our governor, our mayors, and regional administrator robinson for being here today. because what you will do is to shut like to what is happening on the ground. and my district took a hit in this store. not as much as other congressional districts, but i lived through katrina and rita. when we start talking damage and start talking about things, the one thing we have to remember, in katrina we lost 1500 lives. and we learned a very valuable lesson, and that was the fema we had during katrina and rita was a fema that just didn't work, i translated to make any sense. it's gotten a little bit better a lot of the rules, and i just want to be clear about this, because of what the mayors to understand a lot of the rules that fema is operating under our rules that are set up by this united states congress. and that stafford act, which is just a colossal mess, is our stafford act. and when i got here, when i was elected i took my memories of katrina and rita and introduced a

it's a priority for everybody in the state of louisiana. despite the road blocks along he way, suno has experienced tremendous growth through new and renovated buildings, teadily climbing enrollment, and one of the kind programs such as the forensic science center and the honorary for undergraduate student achievement, named for a louisiana hero and american hero, and a southern university general lieutenant russell el honoree. eventually, the fema trailers disappeared and in their place, incubator usiness center was built. if that isn't resiliance, i what resilience is. in addition to representing a suno, you also represent a new chapter for the reat state of louisiana, one i hope that is also resilient, one resilient as well. and there's no doubt we have challenges to overcome. we're still dealing with the largest budget deficit in the state.y of our we've seen the largest cuts to higher education in the nation atr the last eight years and the same time, the highest increases in tuition, in the eight over the last years. we continue to ha

senate from louisiana again this year. in just a moment, we'll be talking with one of the more than 20 people who are running against him for that senate seat this year. but david duke, and all of his bizarre neo-nazi-clanness, he's the only example that we've got in modern american politics of the republican politics nationally quitting one of its own candidates, denouncing one of its own candidates, throwing everything they have got against him. in order to define themselves as different than that guy. the republican party has only ever been able to summon that for david duke. and now they're talking about trying to summon that same strength about donald trump. they've only ever done it for david duke. and a, donald trump is not david duke. and b, when the republican party did that to david duke, it had mixed results. i mean, he did win that race in 1989, with two republicans presidents campaigning openly against him. and the chairman of the republican party against him. duke won. that year. so are these -- there are the

president obama visits louisiana and discusses relief for flood victims. green party presidential candidate jill stein talks to reporters at the national press club. attend our issue spotlight on the 2016 campaign election and voting rights. -- theut -- louise minority whip steve scalise was not there, but tweeted on twitter and facebook, commenting the role of chefs, tweeting an article for the times-picayune. he is talking about an article reporting on the efforts of chefs in louisiana. the headline, how new orleans chefs said 50,000 meals to victims in a week." it would not be louisiana without a crawfish tank. 1400 gallon crawfish tank for cooking oil in the bank soups. -- boil in the bag soups. can find more tweets at twitter.com/c-span. 2 weeks from today, both the house and senate will return from their summer recess. a full agenda for what will probably be a short session. they are back on tuesday the sixth. the agenda includes federal spending for fiscal year 2017. prevention research programs for the zika virus, and defense policy. also it's poss

katty: damage is smaller in louisiana. alexis: smaller in louisiana, job approval is pretty high. he is in office, as he pointed out today, only five more months. donald trump has a different kind of concern he is trying to address. and hillary clinton, whenever she appears in louisiana, will strike the same theme the president struck, that the federal government helps americans and is fundamentally competent and professional. she will argue that louisiana is not going to be forgotten. katty: the democratic platform. thank you for coming in. turkey has ordered residents in a town to evacuate after it was hit by mortars from the so-called islamic state in syria . the area is tense as kurdish-led forces made gains and retaliated . meanwhile, it makes the syrian war more complex. government forces are hammering aleppo, and there is no cease-fire. five years into the battle, where are we? i am joined by the managing director of the washing 10 policy on near east policy. theey says it will cleanse border, seeming to up the game against islamic state militants. useful are not useful in

we start with the louisiana situation. as you can see, moisture just continuing to feed into the area. it has been a couple of days that the low has been hanging panhandle of florida for a few days where they had a lot of rain as well. as we get a look at the futurecast here, you will see the area continue to bring moisture in through the rest of the week here. as you can see, thursday in the late evening still inundating the area with moisture. 108 degrees right now. winds are south at 6 miles an hour. there is a haze in the air. 108, as we 106 at deer valley. 104 at cave creek. 104 in apache junction. glendale, 109 degrees. take a look at the moisture that we still have around the state of arizona. in fact, up here in this area, we did have storms that kicked up a little bit of sand and dust and advisories out of that area. as you can serks things have died down considerably. here is the city right here and encroachment. take a look at the area between prescott and flagstaff. you can see that system drying out quickly. a

i want a dessert louisiana -- a better louisiana for all of our people. the governor endorsed be because he knows i have the to play for people. after eight years of bobby jindal i want to raise the minimum wage and finally passed equal pay for women. i am asking for your vote because i want to be a voice of the people, not the powerful. god bless you, god bless louisiana, and god bless the united states of america. thank you very much and thanks for listening. mr. fleming: thank you for having us here tonight. i am the one true conservative among all these candidates. i want to go to washington and take louisiana values to washington. my dad died suddenly while i was in high school. i overnight became the breadwinner for the family. i joined the military. i became a doctor, and decorated 500 louisiana jobs. -- i created 500 louisiana jobs. i came through diversity to promote my american dream. and now i want to go to the u.s. senate to fight for louisiana families and your american dream. >> for those of you still watching, you have to ask yourself one q

but he did go to louisiana and visited the flood zone. you heard louisiana's governor saying the visit is helpful and here is what he told dana on state of the union this weekend. >> because it helped to shine a spotlight on louisiana and on the dire situation that we have here, that it was helpful. and i will tell you that i also appreciated the good phone call, the conversation i had with governor pence, who was sincere and genuine. we spoke for a long time on friday morning about their desire to be helpful. >> in a moment like this, it is where you have a disaster, it cuts through some of the political back and forth. we saw this with superstorm sandy. you are seeing it here. >> that's right. as you said, that's a democratic governor. who was skeptical but clearly very, very happy that donald trump went down there because the fact we are having this discussion about the politics of it has very much helped shine a light on. and i think one of the thing and susan you touched on this, that has been frustrating for people in the flood zone

we get a lot of double-digit rains in louisiana. we have louisiana. we have endured one, we haven't during the, katrina, the storm of 2013, 17, 17 inches of rain is not unusual 27 is what we got. our drainage was holding, our lakes were low because there is a westerly win. our drainage was holding. on saturday afternoon when the rain stop, i believe that was the thirteenth, water fell, water fell 3 - 4 inches in walker. people quit worrying. he went into their homes, they drank a beer, they they watch tv, they were celebrating. and at ten or 11:00 p.m. water came up to their beds. we had a a wall of water come down interstate 12. 5 - 60 feet in depth. the interstate was was just completed less than two years ago. it is the city's contention that we raised the flood elevation in our city by 5 - 6 feet. areas that would not have been flooded, they flooded. yes it is 1000 year flood, we would've had minor to moderate flooding in walker, instead we had catastrophic flooding in walker. we had homes built above the base flood elevation that took l home had

louisiana? i love louisiana! >> sreenivasan: trump topped pre-primary polls in louisiana, but the primary was restricted to registered republicans. >> this is better than real estate. this is more fun. >> sreenivasan: rubio has been telling audiences that a vote for trump, who leads in convention delegates, is a mistake. >> if he is our nominee, it will split the republican party, and it will be the end of the modern conservative movement. >> sreenivasan: ohio governor john kasich is also campaigning next door to his home state in michigan and touting his experience in congress writing a balanced federal budget in the 1990s. >> balancing the budget is a problem because the debt right now is so high, but the real problem is it's keeping us from getting the jobs we want. >> sreenivasan: kasich came in fourth in kansas. in winning there, cruz followed in the footsteps of the past two republican caucus winners-- rick santorum and mike huckabee-- positioning himself as the most socially conservative

southeast louisiana and coastal mississippi. less than one month later hurricane rita slammed into southwest louisiana as another one of the most intense hurricanes in history. with senatork landrieu and the rest of our louisiana delegation as well as some good friends to secure the necessary disaster recovery assistance and also to make reforms the army corps of engineers to better protect our families and communities from future naturalists disasters. louisiana has survived other major disasters including hurricane gustav in 2008, year, camen the same isaac, the red river flood in northern and central louisiana and the thousand year flood event and greater 10 roush this

is horrific police shooting in baton rouge, louisiana. police have confirmed that at least one suspect, the suspected shooter is dead. however, there is a manhunt under way right now. they are looking for other suspects. we heard the governor's statement saying perpetrators, plural, meaning they are looking for others involved with this, others that may be at large at this minute. authorities are calling the scene active. they say it is contained, but still active. we're talking about a shopping center location with several stores nearby. a sheriff's department spokesperson says they're checking the area for possible explosives. one thing we've heard, they sent a robot into the scene where the suspected shooter went down. they sent a robot in there as well just to confirm that he is dead. one gunman dead. as i said, they're searching for others. let's talk about the context of this, because this is very, very important. this comes less than two weeks after those 12 officers were ambushed in dallas killing five, seven more were injured. th

now to louisiana. thanhas received more 85,000 applications from residents in that state for federal disaster aid. secretary jeh johnson joined edwards and others to talk about the federal response to flooding. they spoke to reporters in the baton rouge, louisiana state police emergency operations center. >> good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. i'm proud to be joined by the u.s. department of homeland security secretary jeh johnson and i want to thank secretary johnson and all of our federal partners for their quick response and the way that they work with us here to respond to this unprecedented historic flooding event and to plan the transition into an effective recovery. fema teams are starting today to make assessments. i'm happy to say that the first post-flood small business administration opens today in the town of walker. i want to thank the louisiana department of economic development for their hard work as the begin opening these centers. we are not out of the woods and as i hav

we'll see if louisiana acts more like louisiana or texas. looks like he will come in a solid second in kentucky. >> gene, look at this other question, though. if kasich, most of us thought did a great job in the debate this week. just like we thought trump didn't do a great job. rubio. suppose he moves up well. he comes in say a strong second or a strong in michigan and knocks rubio out and also makes sure the vote is divided, again. the anti-trump vote has three contestants in it all vying for number two. >> ted cruz who has won a whole lot more primary states than marco rubio has to at this point be considered the number one anti-trump. the number one trump alternative. so, everybody stays in the race tonight. and, of course, because kasich isn't really playing in these states and he staked everything on ohio next week. marco rubio is effectively staking everything on florida next week. so, another week where everybody is in and everyone is splitting up the anti-trump vote is another pretty good week for trump. >> how does cruz, back to yo

>> what's your message to louisiana? >> we want to help out. >> a little hard to hear there but you heard him say he's going to help out. earlier today his son eric trump had this to say about the president's vacation. >> it's disgusting that the president is in martha's vineyard playing golf while people's lives are ruined, people are dead, you have caskets floating down the street, and the president, elected by the people, can't stop a round of golf to check in on the victims of this tragedy. >> leslie rutledge is a trump surrogate. all the presidential candidates should be there, including the president, what do you think? >> absolutely. i agree with eric trump that it is absolutely appalling that our president is in martha's vineyard golfing while we have such devastation in america, in louisiana. i just got off the phone earlier today with the attorney general of louisiana, jeff landry, talking to him about the sort of devastation, the 40,000, 50,000 individuals who have been impacted by this. and i feel good knowin

louisiana's larger family newspaper blasting the president saying vacation or not, hurting louisiana now. governor mike huckabee sending an open letter to mister trump writing, quote, maybe if it rains in martha's vineyard and you have to cancer a golf game you might fire up air force one to check on my friend in louisiana. louisiana needs you not because you can personally fix it but because you showing up means a lot of resources will show up as will cameras to help the nation see how bad it is. and 2008 when mister obama was running for president he blasted president george w. bush for not visiting new orleans quickly and a following hurricane katrina. listen to this. >> when they extended their hand for help, help was not there. we can talk about levees that couldn't hold, fema that seemed not just incompetent but paralyzed and powerless, a president who only saw the people from the window of an airplane instead of down here on the ground, trying to provide comfort and 8. trish: now that you are president, why aren't you cutting your vacation short and listening and visiting the

in louisiana it's 20%. so once again if these numbers hold, it looks like you're going to have a situation where he is not able to pick up too many delegates in louisiana and perhaps not in kansas either. >> that was the same story in texas when he failed to get to 20% and in alabama as well for marco rubio. we saw a similar story in main as well. so donald trump will take questions. he'll make a statement. earlier today he was in wichita, kansas. he came out and said kansas if we don't win here, i am not going to be happy. in addition to that he was in florida around the orlando area earlier today. that's the i-4 corridor that has a lot of the swing votes that determines the outcome in florida. >> donald trump said he will not speak until all of the races are called. he will be speaking shortly though. kentucky, this is the first time they have done this gop caucus in kentucky and it was finished at 4:00 this afternoon, but they are still not out with the results in kentucky. odd, but we're waiting for tha

louisiana, nebraska as well. we're following this story across the country and we'll start with kyung lah in louisville, kentucky, where republicans will caucus today. what are you expecting there? >> reporter: well, victor, they just announced that this caucus has begun. you're starting to see some of the people, the very first voters here at this location starting to sift into this caucus room. let's follow some of the people. there are about 100, 150 people who are in line. and what you're seeing here around the room are people, volunteers, and you can see that everything's in alphabetical order everyone here, as we look over this way, they find, whether or not they're a registered voter -- they had to be registered by december 11 13i13 -- 31st. and once they have their form, their empty ballot, they end up in these corners, and then they fill in their bubble. what is happening here is, it's not a typical caucus where you see a lot of people going from one room to the other and talking to undecideds. this is g

, you know, to louisiana and his comment last night about the -- expressing his concern about louisiana. okay, the white house hasn't done that. now, i think it's too soon to say whether or not you want to assess if the white house and that president obama is getting the kind of media coverage that it seems you want right now by now, 11:40 a.m. eastern time, on the subject of the trip. so i'm not going to come to any conclusions this soon afterwards because not everything is comparable and exactly the way i think you put it out. i think what's interesting here though is the development that trump and pence decided to do something in a newsworthy way. this is very -- when you look at the things that are different perhaps in the trump campaign, it's not so much his reading of a teleprompter, but where he goes and what he does. okay, the rarity of a visit that's not in a big rally is worth noting here. jon: all right. >> he actually did something that is routine for candidates, to go on the ground and visit a place. he did that with his meeting with some police officials the other day, but

to louisiana and this man has been to every courthouse in the state of louisiana. and the magnificent book on slavery in colonial louisiana was based on his shoe leather and his group. magnificent job. and then we find other slave information. and when we do, we get the engraving machine. we have our own engraving station there and we put another slab and printed up and then put it up. it's the most powerful presentation that you can make. we have found we talk recently to the editor of the dallas newspaper who had been writing stories about the need for texas to have a slave museum and citing us and they wanted to raise $30 million. and they were pointing out that it would have so many tourists and whatnot. and so they e-mailed us and we e-mailed them back and told them to come. bring the stakeholders of the people who were really interested. and you didn't need many. you just needed a couple of people who had passions to come. don't talk about $30 million. don't talk about tourism. come and build it for the right reason. and if you do, and if you move people and

i just had a chance to see some of the damage from the historic floods here in louisiana. i come here first and foremost to say that the prayers of the entire nation are with everybody who lost loved ones. we are heart broken by the loss of life. there are also people who were still desperately trying to track down we're going to keep on helping them every way that we can. as i think anybody who can see just the streets much less the inside of the homes here people's lives have been upended by this flood. local businesses have suffered some terrible damage. families have in some cases lost homes. they certainly lost possessions. priceless keepsakes. woman whose husband died shortly after the birth of her second child, and she was talking about how her daughter was trying to gather all the keepsakes she had in her bedroom, that reminded her of her father. and that gives you some sense that this is not just about property damage, this is about people's roots. you also have a situatihe supposed to start a new school year, and they're going to need some special help and suppor

louisiana has gone through many disasters. louisiana people will always put it on the government to help them. host: all right, that is georgia calling from louisiana. deborah is our next caller from fairfax, virginia. what do you think this morning? caller: good morning. host: good morning. go ahead with your thoughts. my thoughts are that people need to get flood insurance. that is optimal. but i do think that people rely too much on the government and obama and hillary clinton want them to rely on the government to get their votes. i suggest people go watch "hillary's america" and see the racketeering of the bonnie and clyde a situation that we have here. at least trump showed up in louisiana to express his concern, and i think he can turn this country around. , ande $21 trillion in debt i think when a change. obama has checked out, hillary is in bed somewhere, and we just need african americans and others to wake up and go for trump. he is going to change america for the better. host: all right, that is deborah from fairfa

donations coming in to baton rouge and parts of louisiana is woefully inadequate. the democrats think the federal government just write a check. but americans like to hear the commander in chief and that's what the president supposedly still is. ask them to come together. >> hillary clinton hasn't showed up yet. >> that's what hillary clinton suggested. and please get to the red cross and baton rouge. >> that is great. guys, we are out of time. good to see you both. >> thank you, greg. >> new questions on a murder on podcast. a key alibi witness for the alleged murderer may not be telling the truth. how will that impact the new trial? we'll talk about that. massive wile wild rages out west and how close they are to containing the flames. >> the fire people know they are here and they will have a truck if need be. ce policy is 22 pages long. did you read every word? no, only lawyers do that. so when you got rear-ended and needed a tow, your insurance company told you to look at page five on your policy. did it say "great news. you're covered!" on page five? no. it s

i would ask the residents of louisiana to be careful, as they start moving back. it's been my experience that after flooding, followed by home fires. make sure your wiring is safe, make sure your house is free of mold. we will be here in the community until everybody is back on their feet, and we believe that at the end of this operation, we will have sent $30 million. we are prepared to serve 1.5 million meals and snacks. our volunteers are incredible and there's been an amazing outpouring of volunteers right here. its neighbors helping neighbors, which is great. anyone wanting to volunteer for the american red cross, please go to our website, red cross.org. people here could use help, and if anyone wants to make a financial donation, that would be greatly appreciated as well. thank you. >> at this time we are going to take questions. i want to follow up on something gail just said. the only downside -- perhaps the national attention is not on it as a relates to donations to the red cross. i don't complain about the assistance we have gotten from the federal gove

in louisiana, almost half of the vote is in. we've projected hillary clinton is the winner, a lopsided win over bernie sanders. right now she has 70.9%, bernie sanders 22.4%. a very impressive win in the only primary of the night in louisiana. right now we're standing by to hear from donald trump. he's getting ready to speak in west palm beach. once he speaks, we'll, of course, have live coverage. i think he's waiting for the results to come in from kentucky right now. 70% of the vote in kentucky is now in. it's just been updated. donald trump is ahead with 34.9%. ted cruz is in second place, 30.8%. rubio in third with 17.3%, kasich with 15.3%. 70% of the vote is in. trump has the lead over cruz by 5,704 votes. we'll see what happens in kentucky. that's the only outstanding contest of the night. chris? >> all right, wolf. with the benefit of having heard your voice for some seven hours now, might i say that nobody conveys the importance of these proceedings the way you do. and the reason that we are waiting on kentucky is we don

and we are wild, louisiana. we will not be defined by any natural disaster, nor will we be defined by any act of senseless violence, because we are one louisiana. louisiana knows that love trumps hate. we are a melting pot of beautiful cultures, cajuns, creoles, we fish, we hunt, we like mardi gras, and we proudly cast our votes, 14 votes for senator bernie sanders and 45 votes for the first woman president of the united states, hillary rodham clinton.

we've had historic flooding in mississippi and louisiana. in a three day time span anywhere from 25 to 30 inches of rain, devastating there while in colorado the moisture is very limited here and we're coming in where he get those high-based gusty storms and enough sunshine that we're close to 90 in the day. the focus for severe weather into seuss will be outside our state -- into tuesday will be outside our state's border. you may run into airport delays, hail producing storms. we'll be shy of 90 in the city, heat building to the south and cool air north of us stays put, but it's back friday, kind of a pattern the last few weeks. these high-based storms e tracking northwest to the southeast. they don't hold together well and move out. skies clear overnight. good travel i25 and i-70. then we do it again. clouds increasing west of the continental divide. the heavy weather stays over the higher terrain on the i-70 corridor across the western slope until 1:00 or 2:00. one or two cells could drift through tomorrow. mild tonight 64 grand junction

graves of louisiana. the chair: the gentleman from louisiana, mr. graves and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. graves: mr. chairman, the ranking member was talking earlier about this extraordinary backlog of project that we have within the united states army corps of engineers to carry out important projects like flood and hurricane protection and ecological restoration. we have a backlog that goes on for years and years. it takes us in many cases over 40 years to take a project from development through the construction phase. these are critical projects that in many cases save people's lives. just recently in the state of louisiana, we had an extraordinary flood event. 13 people lost their lives, yet there was a project that could have tempered flooding in these areas. what our amendment does is it simply allows for non-federal sponsors to bid to carry out the construction or other aspects of projects. it's a way to sive money to expedite delivery. i was a non-federal sponsor for

louisiana. we showed you this a minute ago. there is a huge disparity in louisiana between the votes cast today and in early voting, where donald trump had the advantage. trump wins louisiana overall, but that is a sign maybe that the vote is coalescing around ted cruz. so what are the implications of that? these are the next states to vote. we were looking at mississippi. we were thinking that mississippi based on what we had seen was a trump state. however, based on what we saw tonight in louisiana, with ted cruz on election day closing that gap, you now have to take a real look at mississippi, is this a state where ted cruz could coalesce that anti-trump movement and beat trump? and michigan, the difference between open and closed primaries. trump doing much worse in republican-only environments. the bad news for trump, michigan is officially a closed primary state. the good news is that term "closed primary" doesn't mean the same in every state. what it means in michigan, if you're a voter a

they call louisiana home. they watch from afar as family members there are suffering from this recent flooding. now they will soon be a part of it. they have triplets. 11 months old. those little ones never stop moving as we found out we visited. but their family members back in their hometown in louisiana, they have their hands full as well. >> people are currently facing the reality of everything they have gone. >> floodwater was a couple feet deep in brooks parents home. there was as much is 5 feet in >> my mom lost everything. her parents lost lot. >> all of your family and friends and everyone you love, they are struggling and homeless. >> they will soon see the flooding devastation firsthand. in 2 weeks they are moving back home to these it -- to louisiana. the plan was put in motion long before the floodwaters came. their home here is already sold. need their support and help. >> those plans look different. >> there is not much to go back to. >> the plan has not changed. family in louisiana can really u

louisiana, what's the wiggle room? >> what happened here is early on, we called this early, we had big margins we were showing you, and we were showing you the polling from right before the primary showed a giant donald trump win. the early numbers we put on the screen, yet look at this. three quarters of the vote in, and this is a tight race, five-point lead for donald trump. it's been -- the margin has been going between 5,000 and 10,000 votes all night. here's what's happened. basically, this has to do with the early vote. they did early voting from february 20th to 27th in this state. it looks like more than 10% of the vote statewide is people who cast their ballots early. look at the difference. the difference between what happens in early voting and what's happening today with voting. let's take this parish, about 100,000 people live here. ted cruz has won this won. he won by a couple of points over donald trump. it's basically all reported now. now 15% of the vote in that parish was cast long before tonight. let

the 90 minute debate was sponsored by the louisiana public broadcasting. >> is your louisiana voters will not only choosing a president and also a new senator as well. tonight, the five major candidates vying to fill the seat of david better will face national and state issues head-on. live from louisiana tech university in his decision 16 race for the senate. >> good evening. i'm president of the louisiana public broadcasting. thank you for joining us tonight for a debate and louisiana tech university featuring the top five candidates for the state's open u.s. senate seat. a 40 year history of contributing to the democratic process and tonight we continue with this program. >> good evening. prayer when counsel for the president for better louisiana. we want to start by thanking louisiana tech university and the wagner center for civic engagement of public policy for hosting here tonight. we do appreciate it. but also like to thank our audience for being with us tonight interviewers at home. if you like you can join in the conversation as we go on twitter. just use hash tag opb debat

the next delegate from louisiana. and i have two from the delegate of louisiana. the person is on page three, line number 30. tony perkins of louisiana, i believe the text was just on the screen. end,erkins: line 30 at the the republican commander in chief will protect the religious freedom of all military members, especially chaplains, and will not attempt to ban bibles or symbols. we have seen a growing hostility to the exercise of religious freedom, especially in our military. chair barrasso: discussion? >> yes, clarification and the difference between what we just -- it seems very: similar, which is what happens when the deadlines -- yes, the delegate from louisiana. mr. perkins: the text of the previous amendment was incorrect. it was training. it was incorrect language on the screen. i think we got ahead of ourselves and the actual language. chair barrasso: you are right. they're both page three, line 30. one from the delegate from utah, one from the delegate from louisiana. mr. perkins: one deals with training of chaplains, the other deals with religious ex

i mean, look, the people in louisiana are not only in horrible condition, at least in that part of louisiana, but they feel that the country has forgotten them. the president hasn't come, they haven't gotten the great news coverage that they got when hurricane katrina hit new orleans. now, that was a bigger problem. but those is a pretty big one too. and who was there -- was trump, and who wasn't there were hillary clinton and president obama. trish: yeah, she's taking time off. doing a little fundraising, and you're asking. let me ask you, speaking of hillary clinton about this whole clinton foundation issue. now, basically she and her husband are saying, well, look, if she were to become president, he wouldn't take anymore speaking fees, and they will basically not be involved with this foundation anymore. and i guess my question to you, fred, is really? i mean why doesn't it just stop right now? and, by the way, why does it stop when she was secretary of state? >> well, those are both good questions, and they didn't stop when she was secretary of state because the family was still making